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Al-'Ankabut 63

Ayah 63 of 69 · Meccan

وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّن نَّزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَحۡيَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَوۡتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُۚ قُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٣

And if you asked them, "Who sends down rain from the sky and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Say, "Praise to Allāh"; but most of them do not reason.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَئِنAnd ifwala-in
  2. سَأَلۡتَهُمyou ask themsa-altahum
  3. مَّنWhoman
  4. نَّزَّلَsends downnazzala
  5. مِنَfrommina
  6. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe skyl-samāi
  7. مَآءٗwatermāan
  8. فَأَحۡيَاand gives lifefa-aḥyā
  9. بِهِtherebybihi
  10. ٱلۡأَرۡضَ(to) the earthl-arḍa
  11. مِنۢaftermin
  12. بَعۡدِafterbaʿdi
  13. مَوۡتِهَاits deathmawtihā
  14. لَيَقُولُنَّSurely, they would saylayaqūlunna
  15. ٱللَّهُۚAllahl-lahu
  16. قُلِSayquli
  17. ٱلۡحَمۡدُAll Praisesl-ḥamdu
  18. لِلَّهِۚ(are) for Allahlillahi
  19. بَلۡButbal
  20. أَكۡثَرُهُمۡmost of themaktharuhum
  21. لَا(do) notlā
  22. يَعۡقِلُونَuse reasonyaʿqilūna

Tafsir

And O Messenger! If you were to ask the idolaters, “Who is it that causes the rain to descend from the sky, and consequently causes the earth to grow after it became barren?” they would definitely say, “Allah is the one who causes the rain to fall from the sky and the earth to grow because of it.” O Messenger! Say: “All praise is for Allah who has made the evidence clear against you!” However, the crux of the matter is that the majority of them will not understand, because if they were to understand they would not worship idols that do not benefit or harm them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran